How does blockchain system defend against attacks

1. Security in blockchain comes from some attributes< Mining blocks need to use resources< Br > 2. Each block contains the hash value of the previous block< Br > imagine if the attacker wants to change the chain by changing the transaction five blocks ago. If they tamper with the block, the hash value of the block changes. Then the attacker must change the pointer from the next block to the changed block, and then change the hash value of the next block... This will continue until the end of the chain. This means that the farther the block is behind the chain, the greater the resistance to change. In fact, the attacker has to simulate the hash capability of the whole network up to the front end of the chain. However, when the attacker tries to attack, the chain continues to move forward. If the attacker's hash value is lower than the rest of the chain (< 50%), they will always chase and never proce the longest chain. Therefore, this type of blockchain can resist attacks, where the attacker's hash value is less than 50%< Br > when attackers have 51% hash value, they can rewrite the network history with a list of valid transactions. This is because they can recalculate the hash value of any block sort faster than the rest of the network, so they can ultimately guarantee a longer chain. The main danger of 51% attacks is the possibility of double spending. This simply means that an attacker can buy an item and show that they have paid with any number of confirmations on the blockchain. Once they receive the item, they can reorder the blockchain so that it doesn't include the send transaction and get a refund< Br > even if the attacker has more than 50% hash value, the attacker can only do so much damage. They can't do things like transfer money from the victim's account to their account or print more coins. This is because all transactions are recorded by the account?? Account owners sign, so even if they control the entire network, they cannot forge account signatures.

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One of the characteristics of blockchain projects (especially public chains) is open source. Through open source code, to improve the credibility of the project, so that more people can participate. But the open source code also makes it easier for attackers to attack blockchain system. In the past two years, there have been a number of hacker attacks. Recently, the anonymous currency verge (xvg) was attacked again. The attacker locked a vulnerability in the xvg code, which allowed malicious miners to add false timestamps on the block, and then quickly dig out new blocks. In a few hours, the attacker obtained nearly $1.75 million worth of digital currency. Although the subsequent attack was successfully stopped, no one can guarantee whether the attacker will attack again in the future

of course, blockchain developers can also take some measures

one is to use professional code audit services,

the other is to understand the security coding specifications and take preventive measures

the security of cryptographic algorithm

with the development of quantum computer, it will bring a major security threat to the current cryptosystem. Blockchain mainly relies on elliptic curve public key encryption algorithm to generate digital signature for secure transactions. Currently, the most commonly used ECDSA, RSA, DSA, etc. can not withstand quantum attacks in theory, and there will be greater risks. More and more researchers begin to pay attention to cryptographic algorithms that can resist quantum attacks

of course, in addition to changing the algorithm, there is another way to improve the security:

refer to bitcoin's treatment of public key address to rece the potential risk of public key disclosure. As users, especially bitcoin users, the balance after each transaction is stored in a new address to ensure that the public key of the address where bitcoin funds are stored is not leaked

security of consensus mechanism

the current consensus mechanisms include proof of work (POW), proof of stake (POS), delegated proof of stake (dpos), practical Byzantine fault tolerance (pbft), etc

POW faces 51% attack. Because POW depends on computing power, when the attacker has the advantage of computing power, the probability of finding a new block will be greater than that of other nodes. At this time, the attacker has the ability to cancel the existing transaction. It should be noted that even in this case, the attacker can only modify his own transaction, but not the transaction of other users (the attacker does not have the private key of other users)

in POS, attackers can attack successfully only when they hold more than 51% token, which is more difficult than 51% computing power in pow

in pbft, when the malicious nodes are less than 1 / 3 of the total nodes, the system is secure. Generally speaking, any consensus mechanism has its own conditions. As an attacker, we also need to consider that once the attack is successful, the value of the system will return to zero. At this time, the attacker does not get any other valuable return except destruction

for the designers of blockchain projects, they should understand the advantages and disadvantages of each consensus mechanism, so as to select an appropriate consensus mechanism or design a new consensus mechanism according to the needs of the scene

security of smart contract

smart contract has the advantages of low operation cost and low risk of human intervention, but if there are problems in the design of smart contract, it may bring greater losses. In June 2016, the Dao, the most popular funding project of Ethereum, was attacked. The hacker obtained more than 3.5 million Ethereum coins, which later led to the bifurcation of Ethereum into Eth and etc

there are two aspects of the proposed measures:

one is to audit the security of smart contract, and the other is to follow the principle of smart contract security development

the security development principles of smart contract are: to be prepared for possible errors, to ensure that the code can correctly handle the bugs and vulnerabilities; Release smart contracts carefully, do well in function test and security test, and fully consider the boundary; Keep smart contracts simple; Pay attention to the threat intelligence of blockchain and check and update in time; Be clear about the characteristics of blockchain, such as calling external contracts carefully

security of digital wallet

there are three main security risks in digital wallet: first, design defects. At the end of 2014, a user lost hundreds of digital assets e to a serious random number problem (repeated r value). Second, the digital wallet contains malicious code. Third, the loss of assets caused by the loss or damage of computers and mobile phones

there are four main countermeasures:

one is to ensure the randomness of the private key

The second is to check the hash value before installing the software to ensure that the digital wallet software has not been tampered with

The third is to use cold wallet

The fourth is to back up the private key

3. One of the characteristics of blockchain projects (especially public chains) is open source. Through open source code, to improve the credibility of the project, so that more people can participate. But the open source code also makes it easier for attackers to attack blockchain system. In the past two years, there have been a number of hacker attacks. Recently, the anonymous currency verge (xvg) was attacked again. The attacker locked a vulnerability in the xvg code, which allowed malicious miners to add false timestamps on the block, and then quickly dig out new blocks. In a few hours, the attacker obtained nearly $1.75 million worth of digital currency. Although the subsequent attack was successfully stopped, no one can guarantee whether the attacker will attack again in the future
of course, blockchain developers can also take some measures
one is to use professional code audit services,
the other is to understand the security coding specifications and take preventive measures
the security of cryptographic algorithm
with the development of quantum computer, it will bring great security threat to the current cryptosystem. Blockchain mainly relies on elliptic curve public key encryption algorithm to generate digital signature for secure transactions. Currently, the most commonly used ECDSA, RSA, DSA, etc. can not withstand quantum attacks in theory, and there will be greater risks. More and more researchers begin to pay attention to cryptographic algorithms that can resist quantum attacks
of course, in addition to changing the algorithm, there is another way to improve the security:
refer to bitcoin's treatment of public key address to rece the potential risk of public key disclosure. As users, especially bitcoin users, the balance after each transaction is stored in a new address to ensure that the public key of the address where bitcoin funds are stored is not leaked
security of consensus mechanism
the current consensus mechanisms include proof of work (POW), proof of stake (POS), delegated proof of stake (dpos), practical Byzantine fault tolerance (pbft), etc
POW faces 51% attack. Because POW depends on computing power, when the attacker has the advantage of computing power, the probability of finding a new block will be greater than that of other nodes. At this time, the attacker has the ability to cancel the existing transaction. It should be noted that even in this case, the attacker can only modify his own transaction, but not the transaction of other users (the attacker does not have the private key of other users)
in POS, attackers can only attack successfully when they hold more than 51% of the token, which is more difficult than 51% of the computing power in pow
in pbft, when the malicious nodes are less than 1 / 3 of the total nodes, the system is secure. Generally speaking, any consensus mechanism has its own conditions. As an attacker, we also need to consider that once the attack is successful, the value of the system will return to zero. At this time, the attacker does not get any other valuable return except destruction
for the designers of blockchain projects, they should understand the advantages and disadvantages of each consensus mechanism, so as to select an appropriate consensus mechanism or design a new consensus mechanism according to the needs of the scene
security of smart contract
smart contract has the advantages of low operation cost and low risk of human intervention, but if there are problems in the design of smart contract, it may bring great losses. In June 2016, the Dao, the most popular funding project of Ethereum, was attacked. The hacker obtained more than 3.5 million Ethereum coins, which later led to the bifurcation of Ethereum into Eth and etc
there are two aspects of the proposed measures:
one is to audit the security of smart contracts, and the other is to follow the principles of smart contract security development
the security development principles of smart contract are: be prepared for possible errors to ensure that the code can correctly handle the bugs and vulnerabilities; Release smart contracts carefully, do well in function test and security test, and fully consider the boundary; Keep smart contracts simple; Pay attention to the threat intelligence of blockchain and check and update in time; Be clear about the characteristics of blockchain, such as calling external contracts carefully
security of digital wallet
there are three main security risks in digital wallet: first, design defects. At the end of 2014, a user lost hundreds of digital assets e to a serious random number problem (repeated r value). Second, the digital wallet contains malicious code. Third, the loss of assets caused by the loss or damage of computers and mobile phones
there are four main countermeasures:
one is to ensure the randomness of the private key
the second is to verify the hash value before software installation to ensure that the digital wallet software has not been tampered with
the third is to use cold wallets
the fourth is to back up the private key.

4. The distributed architecture and tamper proof features of blockchain technology help to solve the problems of bill authenticity and information opacity. When participants need to check whether the bill has been tampered or transferred, blockchain can provide indisputable proof of consistency
digital currency also makes use of this feature of blockchain. Puyin is a kind of tea standard digital currency developed based on blockchain technology.

5. Micro three cloud replied: blockchain developers can take some measures
one is to use professional code audit services,
the other is to understand the security coding specifications and take preventive measures
the security of cryptographic algorithm
with the development of quantum computer, it will bring great security threat to the current cryptosystem. Blockchain mainly relies on elliptic curve public key encryption algorithm to generate digital signature for secure transactions. Currently, the most commonly used ECDSA, RSA, DSA, etc. can not withstand quantum attacks in theory, and there will be greater risks. More and more researchers begin to pay attention to cryptographic algorithms that can resist quantum attacks
of course, in addition to changing the algorithm, there is another way to improve the security:
refer to bitcoin's treatment of public key address to rece the potential risk of public key disclosure. As users, especially bitcoin users, the balance after each transaction is stored in a new address to ensure that the public key of the address where bitcoin funds are stored is not leaked
security of consensus mechanism
the current consensus mechanisms include proof of work (POW), proof of stake (POS), delegated proof of stake (dpos), practical Byzantine fault tolerance (pbft), etc.

6. I think that DDoS has no solution at present, and there is no best choice. I can only defend passively, but try to minimize the impact and loss when attacked. Blockchain technology is similar to CDN, which is the principle of load balancing, but the specific working mode is different. This technology is generally used more in the financial instry

7. Heteromorphic attack, also known as address pool pollution, refers to the intrusion and pollution of nodes between similar blockchain systems. This is an attack that most public chains are likely to face. The opportunity of this attack is that many public chains have handshake protocols with similar chains, and then the system can not identify whether the node belongs to its own chain. The attacker can use this point to collect the address of the public chain and make a malicious handshake, contaminate the address pool through the node handshake, so that the nodes of different chains shake hands with each other and push the known nodes in their respective address pools to each other, causing more nodes to contaminate each other and eventually spread to the whole network. The communication performance of the node under heteromorphic attack will decline, and the node will be blocked, which will eventually lead to the abnormality of the main network. The security of blockchain system is not only provided by technology itself, but also provided by developers. The more careful the program logic designed by developers, the lower the possibility of being broken. Therefore, if you need to develop a system, you must find a reliable development company. Xuanling technology is a reliable blockchain development company. Their strength and experience in blockchain development are trustworthy. If you have any intention, you can consult their company.

8. The result of these two attacks is that the other party's system is out of service or crashed e to information overload. But DoS attack is a single server attack, while DDoS attack is distributed multiple servers attack, the success of the attack is higher. The application of blockchain technology should be more and more, so it is necessary to understand the knowledge of blockchain. It is recommended that you go to the official website of Xuanling technology. This website has many popular science and application posts of blockchain technology, which should be of great help to blockchain learning.

9. 1. Cleaning and filtering of abnormal traffic:
cleaning and filtering of abnormal traffic through DDoS firewall, top technologies such as rule filtering of data packet, fingerprint detection filtering of data stream, and customized filtering of data packet content can accurately judge whether external access traffic is normal, and further prohibit filtering of abnormal traffic
2. Distributed cluster defense:
this is the most effective way for the network security community to defend against large-scale DDoS attacks. The characteristic of distributed cluster defense is that each node server is configured with multiple IP addresses, and each node can withstand DDoS attacks of no less than 10g. If one node is attacked and cannot provide services, the system will automatically switch to another node according to the priority setting, and return all the attacker's packets to the sending point, making the attack source paralyzed, From the perspective of more in-depth security protection to influence the safety implementation decision of enterprises
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